Field Notebook: Arctic 1985
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Section 8542 in West Creek Strand Fjord. Section starts at the fork in west creek. Base unit is a thick, vertically dipping sandstone. Unit no thick desc 1 57 ft pinkish to yellow brown weathering fg ss w/ climbing ripple ripple, parallel lam dip 85-90°S prominent. forms cliff at the fork of west creek carbon on the bedding plane 2 50 ft Swale partially covered 50 ft. sequence of 50 ft dk gray shale 50 ft lignite up to (1/2m)? 50 ft and flaggy sands 30 ft and mudstone